TYMPANIC VEIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tympanic vein mean? 

• TYMPANIC VEIN (noun)
  The noun TYMPANIC VEIN has 1 sense:

1. veins from the tympanic cavity that empty into the retromandibular vein

  Familiarity information: TYMPANIC VEIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TYMPANIC VEIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Veins from the tympanic cavity that empty into the retromandibular vein

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("tympanic vein" is a kind of...):

vein; vena; venous blood vessel (a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart)